Best Metal Songs of 70s

zxm
Well I'm a more of hard rock fan than metal .But I also listen some metal songs.

But most often I listen metal songs of 80s or 90s by Iron Maiden or metallica

So it was quite difficult for me to choose 70s metal music.

Please add more f I miss something

The Top Ten

1Highway Star - Deep Purple

This is one of the first metal songs, early speed metal. It's clasically inspired (based on Bach scales) and its solo was the first true metal solo. It's not hard rock - hard rock is blues inspired. - Metal_Treasure

One of the greatest metal songs I know. Excellent. Chills up and down my spine. - Metal_Treasure

5Victim of Changes - Judas Priest

This is a great song but it's actually blues rock - a bit heavier blues rock but still blues elements are too noticeable. Yet, their song Beyond The Realms Of Death is metal as well as some others. - Metal_Treasure

Whiskey woman don't you know you're driving me insane? One of the best songs from one of the best albums of the 70s. - SoldierOfFortune

6A Light In the Black - Rainbow

Epic yet very fast song with the most impressive metal guitar solo of the 70s (Ritchie Blackmore). The solo is long, fast, technical and melodic. - Metal_Treasure

7Paranoid - Black Sabbath

It's not a metal song in the strict sense. Just saying. - Metal_Treasure

8Iron Man - Black Sabbath

9Dissident Aggressor - Judas Priest

10Working Man - Rush

Though it may not be metal to some people but this song is heavier than many hard rock songs and it's close to the heavy metal.Especially the the opening riff - zxm

The Contenders

11Gates of Babylon - Rainbow

12Hell Bent for Leather - Judas Priest

13Burn - Deep Purple

14Into the Void - Black Sabbath

15Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

The song that began metal!

16Overkill - Motörhead

17Kill the King - Rainbow

18Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin

Wikipedia says it's viking metal - zxm

I used to think wikipedia is always right.But now I think they are not always not right - zxm

Again, NOT metal.

@zxm - many parts of the wiki articles on metal are awful. Viking metal is very close to black metal. This is correct: "Viking metal is a style of heavy metal music with origins in black metal and Nordic folk music".So how is Immigrant Song close to black metal/viking metal? I am not even sure this song is metal. - Metal_Treasure

19Hard Lovin' Man - Deep Purple

20Bird of Prey - Uriah Heep

21Stone Cold Crazy - Queen

Widely considered the first thrash metal song, 9 years before Metallica. Queen sound in general was closer to metal than people ever imagined. - Metal_Treasure

22Ride the Sky - Lucifer's Friend

23Fireball - Deep Purple

24Dreamer Deceiver - Judas Priest

25Stained Class - Judas Priest

This song is 100% metal, which was something rare in the 70s. - Metal_Treasure

26White Heat, Red Hot - Judas Priest

27Eyes of the World - Rainbow

Prog/symphonic metal, 1979. A very well composed and performed song. - Metal_Treasure